The Mobility, Networks, and Systems (MNS) group conducts research in networking and systems. Our work and interests span several areas, including Internet-scale systems, distributed systems, network protocols, wireless networking, mobile computing, and sensor systems. We seek to advance the state of the art in these areas through measurement, design, and prototyping of real-world and experimental networked systems. We share our work with the research community by publishing in the leading research conferences and journals, and releasing software prototypes. We also work with Microsoft's product groups to transfer research technology where appropriate. Finally, we engage with academia through research collaborations and service on journal editorial boards, conference committees, and student thesis committees.

Careers

Microsoft Research India offers a unique environment for research, offering researchers the freedom to pursue projects of interest to them, excellent support in terms of equipment, travel, etc., an open environment that strongly encourages publication, and rich opportunities for collaboration, including with researchers across MSR's worldwide network of labs. Researchers also have the opportunity to work with and mentor students during their internships at MSR India and beyond. The lab also offers researchers the unparalleled opportunity to impact millions of users worldwide by transferring research technology to or otherwise influencing Microsoft's product groups. Our positions are open to applicants from the world over, regardless of nationality.

The MNS group at MSR India recruits for a range of positions in the broad areas of networking and systems:

1. Researcher/Post-doc: We encourage recent or soon-to-be PhDs with a strong record of research and publication to apply. We also welcome applications from people who completed their PhD some time ago but have remained active in research and publication.

2. Research Assistant: This is a unique position targeted at fresh bachelors and masters students interested in research, giving them the opportunity to work with researchers at the lab on cutting-edge projects, write papers based on their work, participate in conferences, etc. This is a fixed-term position ─ typically of a 2-year duration ─ which prepares the assistant researchers to pursue a PhD, if they so wish (indeed, our research assistants have gone on to join the PhD programs at top universities such as Berkeley and MIT). For more information, go to research assistant applications.

3. Intern: We have an active year-round internship program although the majority of our interns come during the summer. We invite applications from interested doctoral, masters, and bachelors students. Our interns' work over the past summers has lead to papers in top conferences, such as MobiSys, NSDI, and SIGMETRICS. If you are a student outside of India, this would be an opportunity to gain valuable international experience! For more information, go to internships.

4. Visiting researcher: We have a limited number of openings for visiting researchers, who are typically faculty members who share our interests and who would enrich the group and the lab through mutually beneficial collaboration.

If you believe that your record and interests are a fit for the MNS group, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your application online here (be sure to select the Mobility, Networks, and Systems group). Feel free to also send email to mnsrec@microsoft.com, especially if we have communicated about your application before. However, we do receive a large volume of email from applicants whose record and interests are clearly not a fit for the group, so please be considerate of our time when sending email.